By Katie Roof, Tech Crunch Skiers, rejoice! It just got a lot easier to track your mountain treks. Due to an Apple watch update that combines GPS and altimeter (altitude) measuring, ski apps are now able to quantify performance. If you’re wondering how many calories you’ve burned or how fast you were going, all that […]
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Due to this weekend’s expected stormy weather the El Dorado County Health and Human Services Agency is postponing the free community workshop about dementia. The workshop entitled Diagnosis Dementia – Now What? was originally scheduled for March 3. It is now set for March 10 from 9am-2:30pm at the Placerville Senior Day Care, 935A Spring St. […]
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By Benjy Egel, Sacramento Bee Placerville resident Jaclyn Lovey is barely old enough to drive, but she’s already wowing music legends and audiences in Season 14 of the hit NBC show “The Voice.” In her blind audition for “The Voice,” which aired Tuesday, judges Blake Shelton and Alicia Keys hit buttons signifying they wanted Lovey […]
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By Howie Nave On the surface the timing couldn’t be more perfect. When you look at the change, or movement if you will, that’s been happening in the country on attitudes toward sexual harassment, more women being empowered and the treatment of minorities in the bigger cities it just seems more than just a coincidence […]
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By Allison Aubrey, NPR Only about 50 percent of adolescents with depression get diagnosed before reaching adulthood. And as many as 2 in 3 depressed teens don’t get the care that could help them. “It’s a huge problem,” says Rachel Zuckerbrot, a board-certified child and adolescent psychiatrist and associate professor at Columbia University. To address […]
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The Last Straw is an event in Incline Village to bring awareness to the plastic devices that fill landfills, and end up polluting streams, oceans, and beaches. It is said that 500 million straws are used and discarded every day in the United States. That is enough straws to wrap around the Earth’s circumference 2.5 […]
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By Kathryn Reed It’s been a long time since I’ve read a book that I didn’t want to end. And for someone who isn’t much of a fan of fiction, that speaks volumes. “Dying Words” (NaCl Press, 2012) by K. Patrick Conner is a novel that takes readers into the life of an obituary writer […]
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By Edward Etzel, The Conversation Hundreds of Winter Olympians around the world are saying farewell to the thrill of a lifetime. While a handful will leave as delighted medal winners, the majority leave empty-handed. Whether they won the medal or not, some find themselves navigating uncharted waters into an uncertain future. In many cases, they’ve […]
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Friends of the South Lake Tahoe Library have two events scheduled for March. The first is on March 3 at 1pm. Mark Jensen, curator at Dangberg Home Ranch Historic Park in Carson Valley, will share Fritzi Dangberg’s adventures, accompanied by some show-and-tell of her possessions, that give a glimpse into making the most of life […]
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By Melinda Myers Turn up the heat and add a bit of spice to your meals with hot peppers. Add them to your garden, flower borders and containers for added beauty and easy picking. Your biggest challenge will be narrowing down your choices. Let All-America Selections winners help. This nonprofit organization tests new edible and […]
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